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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 2016, 2:52 PM CDT for Coffee County, Alabama. It was in force for 23 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2016, 2:52 PM CDT (19:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2016, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Coffee County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 3:09 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nnw Elba, AL | TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 189 NORTH IN COFFEE COUNTY. |
| Mar 24, 3:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 W New Brockton, AL | TREES DOWN ON COUNTY HIGHWAY 513 IN COFFEE COUNTY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 12:18 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 202 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1001 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
709
WUUS52 KTAE 241952
SVRTAE
ALC031-242015-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SV.W.0071.160324T1952Z-160324T2015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
252 PM CDT THU MAR 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
COFFEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 315 PM CDT
* AT 251 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BABBIE...OR
NEAR OPP...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELBA...ENTERPRISE...FORT RUCKER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3153 8619 3153 8616 3154 8614 3162 8615
3162 8579 3120 8579 3119 8619 3139 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 258DEG 44KT 3135 8630
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
9-FOURNIER1 follow-up statement
121
WWUS52 KTAE 242015
SVSTAE
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
315 PM CDT THU MAR 24 2016
ALC031-242025-
/O.EXP.KTAE.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-160324T2015Z/
COFFEE AL-
315 PM CDT THU MAR 24 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR COFFEE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...BUT STILL MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3153 8619 3153 8616 3154 8614 3162 8615
3162 8579 3120 8579 3119 8619 3139 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 258DEG 44KT 3135 8630
$$
9-FOURNIERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Houston | 34 min |
| Mar 24, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry | 36 min |
| Mar 24, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Henry | 21 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.